Lever-opening swinging gate



(No Model.) u

. A. '.G. JOHNSON.

LEVER UPENING SWINGING GATE.

N0. 553,619. Patented Jan. 28, 1896.

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AMMIE CEPIIUS JOHNSON, OF DRAKES CREEK, ARKANSAS.

LEVER-OPENING SWINGING GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 553,619, dated January28, 1896.

Application ledllovemher 12, 1895. Serial No. 568 ,710. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, AMMIE CEPHUS J oHN- sON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Drakes Creek, in the county of Madison and State ofArkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLever-Opening Swinging Gates; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

My invention is a hand-lever-opening gate; and it consists in the novelconstruction and arrangement of its parts.

The figure in the accompanying sheet is a perspective view of myinvention.

My invention is described as follows:

A and A are posts situate on the side of the road. a. and a are leverspivoted near the top ends of said posts. A

B and B are gate-posts, and C is another gate-post. In postB is alatch-keeper b, with the nib turned up, and in post C is a latchkeeperc, with the nib turned down.

Extending from the upper end of the lever a is a cord d, which isattached to the lower end of the lever a. Extending from the lower endof the lever c is a cord d', which is attached to the free end of thelever l. Extending from the free end of the lever l is another cord d2attached to the upper end of the lever a.

To the post Bis hinged a gate D, provided with a latch d3, held in placeby a staple d4 and a bolt d5. On the upper end of the gatepost B ispivoted a lever 1, having an elbowarm 2.

To the face of the gate is pivoted a rod 3, having elbow-arms 4 and 5.These arms have in their ends eyes. T-he arm4 is nearly vertical, whilethe arm 5 is horizontal.

To the free end of the lever 2 is pivoted one end of a link 6, while theother is pivoted or hinged to the free end of the arm 4. To the free endof the arm 5 is pivoted or hinged a rod 7, the lower end'of which passesthrough the latch d3, in rear of the bolt d5, so that when the rod 7 ispressed down it raises the forward end of the latch d3 out of the keeperb.

Vhen the gate is opened the latch passes movement of the arm 2 is topull the arm 4 outwardly from the gate. This throws the free end of thearm 5 down, which has the effect of pressing down the rear end of thelatch d3 and throwing its front end up and out of the keeper b. Thesecond effect is to throw the gate open. The gate falls against the postC and the latch under the keeper c. The momentum given to the parts 1, 2and 6 by the swinging of the gate causes them to continue their motionalittle when the gate has been stopped against the post C, which raisesthe latch and causes it to catch in the notch of the keeper c.

When the rider passes through to the south side of the gate, he takeshold of the lower end of the lever d and pushes it southward. The iirstresult is to throw the latch d3 down which releases it from the keeperc. The next result is to close the gate.

I admit that the posts A and A', the levers d and a', and cords d, CZand cl2 are old, and therefore they are not broadly claimed by Ine; but

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- Y 1.In a lever opening gate, substantially as shownand described, the leverl, pivoted on the upper end of the post-B, and having rigidly securedtoit an arm 2 5 rod 3, pivoted to the face of the gate and having thevertical arm 4 and horizontal arm 5; rod 6, having one end pivoted tothe free end of the arm 2, and the other to the free end of the arm 4;rod 7, having its upper end pivoted to the free end of the arm 5, andits lower end secured to the rear end of the latch d3, post B' andkeeper h, substantially as shown and described and for the purposes setforth.

2. In a lever opening gate, substantially as shown and described, thelever 1, pivoted on IOO 1o and keeper I); latch d, adapted to catchnnder keeper c; and cords d, d', cl2, substantially as shown anddescribed and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I a'lx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AMMIE CEPHUS JOHNSON.

\V.t11esses:

E. II. SHIPLEY, ALEX. M. JOHNSON.

